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drug obama is officially at the helm of the us government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes will be on the american president later monday when he outlines his second term plans in his inaugural speech obama's first four years so he wasn't he railed by failing to keep some of his pledges and each to can question if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those three presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises along with the. threat of another devastating war in the middle east for four years president obama pushed to a great extent
drug obama is officially at the helm of the us government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes will be on the american president later monday when he outlines his second term plans in his inaugural speech obama's first four years so he wasn't he railed by failing to keep some of his pledges and each to can question if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from...
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that delivers a speech on the next four years of his presidency look at whether he can live up to his promises. us hungry up for profits why investment bankers are being blamed for forcing up food prices for everyone else the details coming up after this. choose your language killing weaker though in the federal subsidies still some other. treatments to get consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories could impact the. troops be sent off to. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't i'm sorry we're going to the big picture. here with r t live from moscow well with the general election looming in israel polls predict they'll be little changes to the makeup of the country as part of the meant for casper are promising the return of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is right wing the coup party and are leaving many voters apathetic and disillusioned artist paul the slayer has more. the countdown
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promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran and will we withdraw the missile deployment system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from that bush legacy what a bomb his first four years showed he wasn't by failing to keep some of these pledges. questions if it's a trend that he's had to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. pre
promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real...
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during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the set here on r.t. abby martin great to have you all here to be here so big day here in washington d.c. . i guess want to start off with with the big inauguration speech president obama is kind of known for his passionate speech is kind of a rallying up the people he famously said there is no red states there's no blue states there's the united states but of course the reality here we are today the beginning of the second term is that. we have a very divided congress and we see very sharp difference differences between the red states and the blue states so despite kind of his rh
during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the...
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war in iraq among other things what do you expect for the next four years. first of all i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic situation regardless of what president obama in terms of his efforts the stimulus indeed i suspect that in some ways the efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american that. my guess my guess is that mr obama will continue to pursue his a program of expanding government with its domestic policies certainly we'll see how obamacare actually works minute state governments are now involved in trying to determine whether or not they will set up health care exchanges i suspect will continue to see the obama administration involvement more and more in the offing with respect to foreign policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination of a goal as the i think that this has some of us because some her ego was not as much of a supporter of the united states involvement in the middle as other people so i think
war in iraq among other things what do you expect for the next four years. first of all i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic situation regardless of what president obama in terms of his efforts the stimulus indeed i suspect that in some ways the efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american that. my guess my guess is that mr obama will continue to pursue his a...
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now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will security and lasting. did not require perpetual war if you think that is a sign that the u.s. will slow down or even end its will its operations abroad i think it's least good that he said that and maybe it will have some maybe he means it partly but we haven't seen that over the past four years he's escalated the wars in afghanistan he's escalated the drone attacks around the world so i'm certainly skeptical it's i never thought republicans would be in those wars possibly now that he's in his second term he will stop and think about things but from what i've seen there's been no real activity towards
now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will...
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been following his policies in the last four years which included the u.s. in gauging in undeclared war so through its targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military prepays this presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china's it's very interesting i've been listening to the base all kinds of panels and national media here about the future of u.s. foreign policy it's about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening wherever it can so that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and then that president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have been and it seems
been following his policies in the last four years which included the u.s. in gauging in undeclared war so through its targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military prepays this presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china's it's very interesting i've been listening to the base all kinds of panels and national media here about the future of u.s. foreign policy it's about what the president should...
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berlin barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term in less than an hour when he takes the oath of office at the white house he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises but so far he has failed to keep for more let us now go live to two economic anti-war activist kevin zeese who is in baltimore mr aziz thank you very much for being with us now you're improving the economy was one of the pillars that barack obama campaigned on four years back how far has he delivered on that pledge and where do you think the u.s. economy will be in another four years from now. well hunter fortunately the economy is still a shambles we have very high unemployment and underemployment we're growing at a tiny pace and there are some there saying we're about to go into a recession the kinds of things that are being talked about by congress and the white house and the new treasury secretary point the jacob lew are going to make a recession more likely because they're talking about on this very austerity that will take more money out of t
berlin barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term in less than an hour when he takes the oath of office at the white house he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises but so far he has failed to keep for more let us now go live to two economic anti-war activist kevin zeese who is in baltimore mr aziz thank you very much for being with us now you're improving the economy was one of the pillars that barack obama...
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election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it's also back so i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story about outraged me that much that pretty much made me a public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the soldiers of course are pretty much thrown under the bus how hard is it for you to over see this kind of abuse of course you you kind of you know didn't want to talk about it for a while you wanted to kind of brush it under the rug and try to move for a player had but i mean how hard was it for you and eventually other guards or people who are overseeing this kind of abuse and realizing that it's not warranted . you know it's we're getting certain really call a lot of those gone maybe even some of these individuals deserve what they got but i thi
election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it's also back so i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story about outraged me that much that pretty much made me a public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the...
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for four years president obama pushed to a great extent by israel. war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. is that some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the hagel appointment we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for a real are coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of pr
for four years president obama pushed to a great extent by israel. war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. is that some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options...
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and barack obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform an energy policy are likely to be top priorities in his second term. in a few minutes the challenges of single fatherhood here on our stay with us. sometimes you see a story. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought. welcome to the big picture. so. it's. good leverage or. was able to build a most sophisticated robot with. anything mission to teach me. to care about humans and. this is why you should care only. those. with. the type of yeah. all weather. now if you want to sleep here. we go out in the morning to walk and run winter a start of so we can go and scrub ourselves with snow. they haven't been
and barack obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform an energy policy are likely to be top priorities in his second term. in a few minutes the challenges of single fatherhood here on our stay...
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house on monday he's expected to spell out his vision for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he so far it fails to keep our g.'s going to check our reports from washington. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those pre-presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises and want to cut the growth of jewish an advantage over the next ten years we've got to cut the deficit by four trillion dollars over the next gen years so long as i'm commander in chief we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known along with the pledges comes the threat of another devastating war
house on monday he's expected to spell out his vision for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he so far it fails to keep our g.'s going to check our reports from washington. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue...
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broke obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities. but here in russia at least four people have died from smoke inhalation in a coal mine accident in siberia rescuers evacuated dozens of miners trapped underground after a suspected short circuit started a fire in the mine shaft four others are still unaccounted but officials say their location has been determined the rescue operation has since been suspended due to high levels of methane gas at the scene. after a break we continue our tour through south los angeles home to some of america's most violent street gang stay with archie. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else
broke obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities. but here in russia at least four people have died from smoke inhalation in a coal mine...
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of them such a conflict why are they out front well i think that's the obama administration's strategy let's let france take the hit on this as they did in libya and other places in the past year and a half two years and the u.s. will try to play a less discreet or more discreet role in the background rather than being up front as they were in iraq about it gonna stand which cost us huge amounts of credibility around the world so they're playing a little bit more sly game here but the the rush for the u.s. to announce it supported the french military intervention and the actions of africa over the past year and a half two years that involved you make it clear that this is a u.s. operation with the french as a junior partner how far do you think this conflict could potentially as go late couldn't the friend step bogged down and could we see or who might we see else get involved in it. well i don't think the the other european countries are loath to get involved in the afghan. grant situation with their troops the germans are providing humanitarian aid and some special forces training so
of them such a conflict why are they out front well i think that's the obama administration's strategy let's let france take the hit on this as they did in libya and other places in the past year and a half two years and the u.s. will try to play a less discreet or more discreet role in the background rather than being up front as they were in iraq about it gonna stand which cost us huge amounts of credibility around the world so they're playing a little bit more sly game here but the the rush...
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rock obama is officially at the helm of the u.s. government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes are now on the american president who will shortly outline his second term plans in his inaugural speech let's now get the thoughts of political and security analysts patricia de janeiro who's in washington and now and joins us live thanks for being with us what do you think is is. a bar and obama's foreign policies and the challenges he's facing there were clearly outlined in his first term the debate still going on how successful he is what he was what do you think he's done to make the world a safer place in the past four years. yes and done anything much different than the past administration unfortunately i mean i think and from an american and perspective our u.s. perspective at least he has withdrawn most of the troops from iraq and he's on the track to do the same thing in afghanistan which in my view is long overdue however there are there are tens of drone attacks that are still going on that
rock obama is officially at the helm of the u.s. government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes are now on the american president who will shortly outline his second term plans in his inaugural speech let's now get the thoughts of political and security analysts patricia de janeiro who's in washington and now and joins us live thanks for being with us what do you think is is. a bar and obama's foreign policies and the challenges he's facing there were clearly...
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when barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term on sunday when he takes the oath of office at the white house he's expected to paint the prospects of the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises that he so far honestly failed to keep well for more let's not talk to us democratic strategist robert wiener he joins us live on the line from washington thanks for being with us this sunday now that obama doesn't have to worry about getting reelected will we actually see him for phil some of his mass promises. it's good to be with you you know that's one of the myths is that he hasn't fulfilled promises he had a roosevelt's first term i purposely wore my tie that has franklin roosevelt all over it because when you consider what he did he brought in health care for the first time in the united states to join the rest of the world he ended the two wars in iraq and he's ending afghanistan and he saved the economy from from the abyss and brought the u.s. car industry back to number one in the world and brought the whole financial industry back into into repute
when barack obama will officially begin his second presidential term on sunday when he takes the oath of office at the white house he's expected to paint the prospects of the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises that he so far honestly failed to keep well for more let's not talk to us democratic strategist robert wiener he joins us live on the line from washington thanks for being with us this sunday now that obama doesn't have to worry about getting reelected will we actually...
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be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the language of the bigots of to iran. strong language and look i'm not calling out abrams for having an opinion that is more than entitled to but i am calling her out for blatant hypocrisy because the only reason chuck hagel is being smeared as anti israel is because he said this in two thousand and six he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean you noted state senator i'm not an israeli senator. true that so the reason the situation here reeks of irony is because rachel abrams is one of the most hateful human beings i've come across lately when she's not smearing the names of those critical of israel she's devoting her time and energy to the hatred of palestinians share she said on
be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the language of the bigots of to iran. strong language and look i'm not calling out abrams for having an opinion that is more than entitled to...
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two years when. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and different tasks and a very different footprint for the u.s. if we are able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there that key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government the u.s. wanted to keep some troops there but couldn't because of how the oppose the iraqis were to allowing the u.s. to further operate there with impunity but with homemade karzai it could be different he indicated that he is willing to give that immunity and that he's willing to bourg it besides he knows that he's in power because of the americans and many experts believe his government will collapse in no time after americans leave but whatever post twenty fourteen deal comes out of their negotiations it might not be easy for washington to sell it to the american people
two years when. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and different tasks and a very different footprint for the u.s. if we are able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there that key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government...
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of iraq obama has now officially started his second term at the white house and we get expert opinion what to expect from the american president of the next four years whether the late government promises. hundreds of people have gathered in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an internet freedom activist who committed suicide last week the twenty six year old computer prodigy's death came before his trial for allegedly hacking into mit online publication archives with this week a federal prosecutors dropped the charges against him but his family and friends say the legal pressures drove the activists to take his own life and the situation reports. the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from a paid subscription database and the belief that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too many books in the library the punishment facing thirty years behind bars and a million dollar fine you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download a p.d.f. to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder received
of iraq obama has now officially started his second term at the white house and we get expert opinion what to expect from the american president of the next four years whether the late government promises. hundreds of people have gathered in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an internet freedom activist who committed suicide last week the twenty six year old computer prodigy's death came before his trial for allegedly hacking into mit online publication archives with this week a...
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at the white house on monday he's expected to spend at the prospects for next four years and plans to deliver on some promises so far failed to keep but james lock who was the former head of america's libertarian party believes the hope for change is futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit or in the united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard was what president obama. was ever stimulus and b. . in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slowed down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move forward toward the united states being a country which respects international we and also respects the libertie
at the white house on monday he's expected to spend at the prospects for next four years and plans to deliver on some promises so far failed to keep but james lock who was the former head of america's libertarian party believes the hope for change is futile i'm not sure that we should give president obama credit or in the united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard was what president obama. was ever stimulus and b. . in...
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non-racial day is about much more than a boring self taking a closer look at president obama's second term derby even little more through an even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first has been examined while fine for the president only one of. the. almost ten years ago twenty three year old american peace activist by the name of rachel corrie had her life cut tragically short while protesting against the demolition of the palestinians family's home rachel was crushed to death by an israeli bulldozer she was a member of the international solidarity movement and had gone to gaza at the height of the second palestinian intifada in march two thousand and three. seeking justice for their daughter's death rachel's parents filed a civil suit against the israeli government in two thousand and five for failing to conduct a full investigation into the case but lost it was purely symbolic and only asked for one us dollar in damages in an effort to clarify that the case against the government was about justice both for rachel and for the cause that she had so bravely d
non-racial day is about much more than a boring self taking a closer look at president obama's second term derby even little more through an even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first has been examined while fine for the president only one of. the. almost ten years ago twenty three year old american peace activist by the name of rachel corrie had her life cut tragically short while protesting against the demolition of the palestinians family's home rachel was crushed...